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President Obama: Republican shutdown did not have to happen

Tuesday, 1 Oct 2013 | 1:01 PM ET

President Obama explains why the government has been shut down."Republicans in the House have shut down the government over an ideological crusade to deny affordable health insurance to millions of Americans," he says.